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Michael Roemer (born January 1, 1928) is a film director, producer and writer. He has won several awards for his films. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. A professor at Yale University, he is the author of Telling Stories.
Michael Roemer was born on 1 January 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Nothing But a Man (1964), The Plot Against Harry (1989) and Dying (1976).
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A retrospective of the work of Michael Roemer, a filmmaker who escaped Nazi Germany, made the first student feature, and collaborated with Robert Young on documentaries and narratives. Explore his themes of fate, responsibility, and contradiction in his films, from Cortile Cascino to The Trial.
Aug 22, 2023 · In the New York Times, Wesley Morris called the film “a masterpiece of direction, nothing too flashy but everything true, right.”. Now the Film Desk is launching a new 4K restoration of Roemer’s brisk and oddly endearing 1969 comedy, The Plot Against Harry.
Learn about Michael Roemer, a Jewish refugee who made only a handful of features, but each is a small miracle of American independent filmmaking. Watch his films, such as NOTHING BUT A MAN, THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY, and VENGEANCE IS MINE, on The Criterion Channel.
Mar 20, 2023 · The rebirth of Michael Roemer, America's forgotten filmmaker. The 95-year-old is the creator of a little-known body of work that is the opposite of Hollywood standards. Three of its gems are...
Michael Roemer: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Posted August 11, 2022. From the Jewish Daily Forward, January 31, 2013. — J.R. I’ve seen only two features written and directed by Michael Roemer — Nothing But a Man (1964) and The Plot Against Harry (made between 1966 and 1968, but released only in 1989).
